Western political thought in dialogue with Asia / edited by Takashi Shogimen and Cary J. Nederman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shōgimen, Takashi, 1967-

Nederman, Cary J.

Series:

Global encounters

Global encounters--studies in comparative political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Asia--History.

Political science.

Political science--Europe, Western--History.

Political science--Philosophy.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization.

Relations.

History.

Europe, Western--Relations--Asia.

Europe, Western.

Asia--Relations--Europe, Western.

Asia.

Comparative government.

Western Europe.

Physical Description:

vi, 330 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2009]

Summary:

Given the rise of globalization and coinciding increase in cultural clashes among diverse nations, it has become eminently clear to scholars of political thought that there exists a critical gap in the knowledge of non-Western philosophies and how Western thought has been influenced by them. This gap has led to a severely diminished capacity of both state and nonstate actors to communicate effectively on a global scale. The political theorists, area scholars, and intellectual historians gathered here by Takashi Shogimen and Cary J. Nederman examine the exchange of political ideas between Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century.

Contents:

Comparative political theory : what is it good for? / Fred Dallmayr

Toward a global history of political thought / Antony Black

Varieties of dialogue : dialogical models of intercultural communication in medieval inter-religious writings / Cary J. Nederman

Asia and the moral geography of European enlightenment political thought c. 1600-1800 / Bruce Buchan

The ebb and flow of peoples, ideas and innovations in the river of inter-civilizational relations : toward a global history of political thought / Brett Bowden

Viewing Islam through enlightenment eyes / Vicki A. Spencer

Dealing with inequality : a conversation with Islamic economics / Philip Nel

Islamic responses to Europe at the dawn of colonialism / Nelly Lahoud

From political thought in India to Indian political thought / Anthony J. Parel

Indian alternations : Aurobindo, Ambedkar and after / Makarand Paranjape

Chinese conceptions of the state during the late Qing Dynasty (1860-1911) / Peter Zarrow

Is there a Confucian perspective on social justice? / Joseph Chan

Imagining the body politic : metaphor and political language in late medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan / Takashi Shogimen

Meiji intelligentsia's riposte / Alistair Swale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.

ISBN:

9780739123782

0739123785

9780739131411

0739131419

OCLC:

233591918